Individual Details
Oceola "Ocie" BAYS
(12 May 1893 - 31 Mar 1976)
From son Edd's obituary; gravestone shows "Ossie".
Events
| Birth | 12 May 1893 | Floyd Co., KY |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Marriage | Ca 1911 | William B. "WB/Bee" PRATER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Abbott, Floyd Co., KY - William B. "WB/Bee" PRATER | | ||
| Death | 31 Mar 1976 | Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Alt name | Ossie BAYS | | |||
| Alt name | Ossie BAYSE | | |||
| Alt name | Oca SPARKS | | |||
| Burial | Fitzpatrick Cemetery #3, Floyd Co., KY |  |
Families
| Spouse | William B. "WB/Bee" PRATER (1889 - 1963) |
| Child | Burley "Burl" PRATER (1912 - 1981) |
| Child | Pearlie PRATER (1913 - 1995) |
| Child | Vernie PRATER (1915 - 1995) |
| Child | Robie PRATER (1917 - 1917) |
| Child | Ernest PRATER (1918 - 1999) |
| Child | Curney Carmie PRATER (1921 - 1970) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Edd "Eddie" PRATER (1926 - 2004) |
| Child | Fleedie PRATER (1929 - 1978) |
| Child | J.B. PRATER (1932 - 1982) |
| Father | William Kendall "Wiley" BAYS (1865 - 1947) |
| Mother | Caldonia "Callie" WADDLE (1867 - 1900) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone; SSDI.Census
Age 7Census
Age 16, shown as "Ocie Boyd".Marriage
She m2 NN Sparks.Census (family)
Bee Prater 34Osa Prater 26
Bearley Prater 7
Pearley Prater 6
Virna Prater 4
Earnest Prater 2
Death
From gravestone; SSDI shows just Mar 1976.Alt name
From her gravestone.Alt name
From son Edd's birth certificate and her gravestone.Alt name
From son Vernie's birth record.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76794314.